Flake: Mueller bill has votes to pass Senate

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Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) said Friday that he believes legislation protecting special counsel Robert Mueller could pass the Senate, if Republican leadership would agree to bring it up for a vote.

"I do believe the votes are there on the floor if we can just get a vote, and that's what I'm calling, let's just have a vote," Flake told CNN, asked about a measure that would protect Mueller from being fired without good cause.

The legislation — crafted by Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Christopher Coons (D-Del.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) — has languished for months after it passed out the Judiciary Committee. Republican leadership argues it isn't necessary because President Trump, they believe, will not try to interfere with or fire Mueller.

"I don't know how we can be sanguine about what's going on over at the Department of Justice in terms of the Mueller probe. It's important to protect it," Flake added on Friday.

https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/419084-flake-mueller-bill-has-votes-to-pass-senate

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1. Mitch really doesn't want to piss off the big guy

Putin.

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3. Moscow Mitch is scared of Vlad

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2. This is why it's not coming up for a vote

McConnell is hoping for better numbers in 2019

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4. Sending this to 45 would be basically telling him to resign